I never had any acting heroes. I never really went to the theatre.

I don't know if you can change things, but it's a drop in the ocean.

I keep seeing myself in my daughter, and I see my mother in me and in her. Bloody hell.

Everyone comes up to me saying, 'Cooee, Julie! Hello!' as if I know them. Of course I don't bloody know them. Am I flummoxed by it? Sometimes. I think, 'Ooh, love, go easy.' For a time, I did feel this pressure that I had to be funny, but it passes.

I didn't come into the business to get awards or titles.

It's very strong after the birth. It's extraordinary. You can't watch anything to do with kids being harmed.

I was the little, funny one. I felt I was the child among grown women.